They say that life imitates art more than art imitates life, but I often wonder what that really means. I'm not sure if the mere _expression of one's thoughts and emotions constitutes "art". Rather, I think it implies a deliberate attempt to capture what is true and good and beautiful in man and in the natural world - through words, music, motion, and the fine arts . It also implies striving for excellence, because we can recognize such gradedness to perfection in what we sense, think, and do. And this extends to our conduct - how we work and play, how we interact with others, how we improve ourselves, how we deal with the quotidian curiosities that come our way.We are all called to be citizen-artists!
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Love this piece, Linda ....!
Gosh Linda, so well said! Thanks.
Linda, I love youre work. Since I can't belong to the artworkbooks group the painting charts really have helped since Im being self taught. And I thank you for passing this painting info to us who are not a member of this yahoo group. I will check youre blog and learn from youre hints and tips. Thank-you again Linda and have a wonderfulday,
Linda also hear :)
Oh dear, Lin and Teri and all -- I guess I didn't make it very clear that Joey is the one who wrote those wonderful words! So, Joey, the compliments are all yours! :-)
Very well spoken, Joey. I like that term "citizen-artists".
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